After a torrid weekend in Colorado, the Angels offense has slipped into a funk, scoring just 11 runs in the six games since returning to sea level (two or fewer in five of those six games).

At the same time, leadoff man Mike Trout has cooled off from the 21-for-42 burst that kicked off his first major league June. Since a two-hit game at Dodger Stadium on Monday, Trout has gone 2 for 22 including a 1-for-20 stretch before his seventh-inning RBI double Sunday.

But Manager Mike Scioscia is reluctant to put too much responsibility on the 20-year-old ignition switch for the ups and downs of the offense.

“I don’t think you can put it on one guy,” Scioscia said. “You can’t expect somebody to keep up that pace. Trum’s (Mark Trumbo) had some games where he’s struggled with some at-bats and then he’s bounced back. He bounced back yesterday (with a two-run home run Saturday night).

“Mike is definitely a catalyst. But I just don’t believe you can put it all on one guy and say one guy is the reason we’re playing well or one guy is the reason we’re slumping. I mean, we didn’t start playing well because Albert (Pujols) started hitting either. Just like it hasn’t been one guy in the bullpen. It’s been three or four guys that stepped up.

“To be completely honest, if you take Coors Field and take that Colorado series out of it — even when Mike was hitting before then, hey, we weren’t lighting it up.”

Trout is reluctant to call what he went through this week a slump and there were well-hit balls that “three or four feet to the right and they get through,” asa well as a drive to right-center with two runners on in the third inning Sunday that was caught by Justin Upton.

But Trout acknowledged the responsibility he has to get the offense going.

“I just take pride in getting on base and being that leadoff guy,” he said. “Having guys like Albert (Pujols) and Torii (Hunter) and Trumbo hitting behind me, I know they like hitting with me on second base a lot more than with me sitting in the dugout.”

The 1-for-20 stretch was just the ebbs and flows of the season, Scioscia said, and not a sign that the league had caught up to Trout or discovered some hole in his game to exploit.

“I think he’s getting pitched the same,” Scioscia said. “Sometimes pitchers are going to execute it better. At times, different things are going to come into play but it’s just a bump in the road right now.

“I don’t see any huge adjustments that the league is making from what they tried to do to him last year. If anything, he’s adjusted and gotten more acclimated to the situation to the point where he’s handling more zones than he did last year when he first came up. He’s turning on balls more.

“There’s some things that are going to happen with experience that we’re starting to see. This is not a situation where the league’s catching up with a guy. The league has already made some adjustments from where he was last year. But I think he’s understanding the batters box more. He’s understanding the major-league batters box more than he did last year. This guy, he can handle the strike zone. He’s fine.”

CATCHING SITUATION

Angels catcher Hank Conger was optioned back to Triple-A Salt Lake after Sunday’s game in which he went 0 for 2 and caught a combined four-hit shutout by Garrett Richards and Ernesto Frieri. Conger made five starts since his promotion two weeks ago and went 3 for 13.

His demotion likely signals the return of Bobby Wilson from seven-day disabled list. Wilson went 1 for 4 and caught all nine innings for Triple-A Salt Lake Sunday in the third game of his minor-league injury-rehabilitation assignment. He should be activated from the DL before Monday’s game against the Giants.

Meanwhile, catcher Chris Iannetta had his sore arm re-examined by Dr. Lewis Yocum Saturday but won’t re-start his throwing program for a couple of days.

“There’s still a little tightness in there,” Scioscia said. “We want to make sure it’s out before we send him back out there.”

Iannetta was prepared to start a rehab assignment last weekend with Class-A Inland Empire but was shut down and hasn’t thrown since after experiencing pain in his right forearm. An MRI revealed a strained forearm but no structural damage.

“They originally said six to eight weeks (recovery time after his May 11 wrist surgery),” Iannetta said. “I tried to do it in four or five weeks. We’re back on the six to eight weeks now.”

Iannetta could begin his rehab assignment “late in the week or most likely next weekend,” Scioscia said.

MONDAY

Angels right-hander Jerome Williams (6-4, 4.20) is scheduled to start against Giants right-hander Matt Cain (8-2, 2.18). Game time is 7:05 p.m. and it will be broadcast on FSW, KLAA/830 AM and KWKW/1330 AM in Spanish.

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